Reflections on the Eternal Recurrence of the Same

"This collection includes the following writings of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche - ‘What I Owe to the Ancients’, ‘Discipline and Breeding’, and ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One’. These writings of Nietzsche focus on one of his central ideas, ‘the eternal recurrence of the same’. His writings expand on the theory that existence recurs in an infinite cycle as energy and matter transform over time. It also creates counterarguments as it opposes the traditional belief professed by Christianity. Regarded as one of the most profound German philosophers, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is popularly considered a cultural critic and philologist whose work exerted a scholarly influence on modern intellectual history. His intellectual works focus on widespread themes such as religion, morality, philosophy, and science. Prominent elements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth, a genealogical criticism of religion, and Christian morality. His body of work touched a wide range of topics, including art, philology, history, music, tragedy, and culture, most of which drew inspiration from Greek tragedy. "